Sick Babies, Haircuts, Transition and Earthquakes!

So it's been a minute...and being busy is no excuse, I'm supposed to be writing!  Not only do I enjoy blogging but I love to read other blogs and one thing that drives me crazy is when a blog goes so long without an entry.  So here I am, guilty of doing my own pet peeve!

Mami, I'm cold!!!

There has been much going on, first of all my little princess was very sick last week, which made my world come to an absolute halt.  It amazes me how God created us to be able to run multiple projects and also have the ability to "shut it all down" when need be and put on an entirely different hat, in this case nurse/doctor.  One night she went all the way up to 106 and there was no time to think, into the tub she went at 2am, followed by much juice, medicine and prayer and it almost immediately went down to 102.  The next morning at the pediatricians office the doctor said to me "you are a brave woman, but you did exactly what needed to be done."  Bravery had nothing to do with it, my child was suffering and action needed to be done.  She is much better now and back at school...leaving a wake of her germs now in my body.  I have laryngitis and sound like a chain smoking woman from Staten Island...I now go by the name of "Estelle" by the way.  Louis at first was enjoying it, poking fun by saying "what was that?"  "what did you say?"  Now, him and I are both over it and ready for this frog to jump out of my throat.

I have mentioned transition we are going through before.  I didn't want to talk more about it until after I spoke to my staff, which I have.  This Sunday will be my last Sunday as the Children's Pastor of our church.  After much prayer and discussion I have decided to voluntarily step down to focus on my health and my family.  People think that bariatric surgery is a quick fix to a problem, but it's not.  Curing morbid obesity is a huge life change, one that starts with thought processes and incorporating new disciplines, I need to take the time to do this right and with my focus being on this and my family, I just don't have what this big ministry in our church needs to take it to the next level.  I'm staying on staff at the church full time as the administrative assistant to one of our associate pastors, so I am staying in ministry, I'm just more behind the scenes.  In this season of my life I'm simplifying a lot more and reducing my stress levels and it is what was needed to do.  I still love our kids though and I am staying on as a once a month volunteer small group leader so I can still serve.

I'm tired of trying to live beyond my means...that isn't just financially, that is mentally, physically and spiritually as well.  I am more than willing to make the cuts necessary to lose the things that weigh me down and run the race ahead of me.  I'm still waiting on God to come through on some other areas that I am working on to simplify and trust that He will make a way in His time.  He is for me...I've got the Kari Jobe song on repeat right now!




On a lighter note...we had an earthquake!  LOL!  Yes, the 5.9 earthquake that hit DC affected us for 2 minutes is a lighter note to me at this time although it was the most terrifying 2 minutes of my life...to feel the ground shake underneath me...to be at work, not with my child and not with my husband.  SIGH.  But we are all fine, thank God.  Izze was at daycare and it was her naptime.  The teachers had to wake the children up to take them to a safe room and Izze was the only child in her class who did NOT want to wake up and get off her cot.  That's my girl...and that is how I feel.  Internally I feel the ground shaking underneath me, change is happening, but I'm resting in God's hands, my dad got me and there is no need for me to freak out.  As a matter of fact, I will freak out on you if you try to disturb my peace!

Second lighter note!  In the midst of this transition, I decided my look needs to transition too.  I'm 13lbs away from my halfway point in my weight loss and I decided to cut off my hair!  Louis and I both love it!  What do you think?